John Kenyon

In 2025, Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) entered into strategic partnerships that boost educational opportunities for northwest Georgia residents, earned recognition and continued to grow its footprint in the northwest Georgia region.

Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, vice president of Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness at (GNTC) has been named executive vice president and chief academic officer by Dr. Heidi Popham, president of GNTC, effective March 1. In her new position, Anderson will continue to be responsible for Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness and will now also be responsible for Adult Education, Economic Development and Student Affairs.

Five GNTC students have received the spring 2026 Gene Haas Scholarship, which rewards academic excellence and provides financial support for students working toward a degree, diploma or certificate in the Precision Machining and Manufacturing program.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students excelled at the 2026 SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference, Feb. 19-21, in Atlanta. GNTC competed in seven categories and took home two gold medals, four silver medals and one bronze.

Georgia Quick Start hosted a training plan signing on January 27, 2026 at 11 a.m. to commemorate its partnership with stow Group and GNTC. The Belgium-based company is investing $36 million to build a new industrial storage and automation solution facility outside of Adairsville, Georgia, and it plans to hire 200 employees for production roles as well as logistics, administrative and management roles.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Office of Career Services is offering students immersive job readiness training to prepare for today’s workforce via Virtual Reality (VR). Through a partnership with Believe Greater Dalton, an initiative of the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce, and the Rome Floyd Chamber, Career Services was able to obtain two Virtual Reality […]

GNTC announces O’Darius Davis as the 2026 recipient of the Matthew Vroman Memorial Scholarship. Davis, a resident of Rome, is an Aviation Maintenance Technology student at GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome. Matthew Vroman passed away in 2024 at age 25 after years of battling numerous health issues. This scholarship, established last year, supports Aviation students who possess Vroman’s traits of kindness, solid values and relentless work ethic.

One hundred and eight students were honored as the newest inductees into GNTC's chapter of National Technical Honor Society. A full capacity crowd of friends, family, faculty and staff gathered in the Conference Center on GNTC’s Gordon County Campus in Calhoun to celebrate the newest NTHS members achievement.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2025 fall semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.8 or higher during the semester with a course load of at least 12 credit hours. To be eligible for […]

GNTC announced the 2026 recipients of the LAA-Mohawk Scholarship at a recent ceremony held in the Conference Center on the Gordon County Campus in Calhoun. The scholarship, funded by the Latin American Association (LAA) with the sponsorship of Mohawk Industries Inc., supports students engaged in the Hispanic community who reside in Floyd, Gordon, Murray or Whitfield Counties.